Improvement in shirts



W; B. WATSON.

Shirts.

N0. 143,108. Patented September23,1873.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. WATSON, OF SOMERVILLE, TENNESSEE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHIRTS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,108, dated September23, 1873 application filed July 10,1873.

`To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. WATSON, of Somerville, in the county ofFayette and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shirts; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it,reference being `had to the accompanying drawings, which form v toned atthe middle of the bosom, the bosom overlapping and buttoning at the sideand on the shoulder, and supported and carried by an extension of thecollar-band, buttonin g at the side of the neck, so that by moving thebuttons slightly the shirt will be made larger or smaller at pleasure,and fit perfectly on the shoulders and about the neck.

My invention will be better understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view with the bosom buttoned tothe yoke at the shoulder, and the yoke extended, as indicated by dottedlines, under the bosom and buttoned to the collarband at the center ofthe bosom. Fig. 2 is a broken section, showing the yoke extended andfastened to the collar-band; and Fig. 3 is a back View of my invention.

A Al is the yoke, extending to and slightly past the center of thebosom; it has inserted the gore B to give a neat it over the shoulder;it is stitched to the collar-band O, to which is seWed the button a, andis also stitched to the button-plait f, and forms a brace or support forthe part g of said collar-band. D is the bosom, made open at the side,andprovided with the plaits b and c, in which are worked button-holes.The half of the bosom overlapping the yoke A is stitched to and carriedby an extension, d, of the collar-band, which extends to the side of theneck, where it buttons, and has stitched to it the end of the plait c,and is provided with the buttonhole e. c are buttons.

It will be seen that by removing the buttons a a the size of the neckmay be enlarged or diminished at pleasure.

The yoke permits an adjustment about `,the

`neck of the wearer, so that in changing the buttons the bosom will notbe drawn to one side, and the buttonhole e will always be preserved inits central position. No wrinkles will be formed except it may be aslight one at one or the other of the lower corners of the bosom; but itwill not be of such character as to alter the Iit or smooth appearanceof the bosom. l

The shirt may be made so that the bosom will open on either side.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A shirt having the bosom D, yoke A A', and collar-band C, constructedand arranged substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this10th day of June, 1873.

WILLIAM B. WATSON.

Witnesses J. W. VERNON, FRANCIS DAvIs.

